“On the day, I thought, ‘Oh no, we didn’t get it.
It was rubbish,'” director Joe Wright says.
“Now, people are still posting it.
Matthew Macfadyen in ‘Pride & Prejudice’.Credit:Focus Features
It’s odd and really nice.”
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The best and most enduring moment ofPride & Prejudiceis all thanks toMatthew Macfadyen.
You know exactly what we’re talking about: Mr. Darcys (Macfadyen) hand flex.
Matthew Macfadyen’s shriek-inducing hand flex in ‘Pride & Prejudice’.Focus Features
And according to a new interview with directorJoe Wright, that moment actually wasn’t even scripted.
“It had been a gloomy day when we shot it,” Wright said.
Because on the day, I thought, ‘Oh no, we didn’t get it.
It didn’t work.’
Now, people are still posting it.
It’s odd and really nice."
“Our bodies are so much smarter than our minds, often,” Wright said.
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“I didn’t really [enjoy it],” he said in an interview withCBS Morningslast July.
Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen in ‘Pride & Prejudice’.Alex Bailey/Focus
“I feel bad saying that.
There were moments I had a good time, but I wish I enjoyed it more.
I wish I was less worried about it…
I felt a bit miscast, like, ‘I’m not dishy enough.’
But it worked out.”
However, now Macfadyen wears being recognized as Mr. Darcy as something of a badge of honor.
“Probably the most flattering thing that happens to me now is people say, ‘Were you Mr. “It’s a good 20 years later.
So I think, ‘I can’t be agingthatbadly.'”
